Nashville Predators captain Shea Weber shouts in celebration after Colin Wilson's goal. Weber set it up for his first point of the season. / Frederick Breedon, Getty Images

by From staff and wire reports, USA TODAY

by From staff and wire reports, USA TODAY

Phil Kessel and Shea Weber are All-Stars, so it was unlikely that their scoring droughts would go on much longer.

Thursday night, they proved that by both breaking through.

"I know it's eventually going to go in there," said Kessel.

The Toronto Maple Leafs winger's first goal of the season ended up being the winner as he took a pass a drop pass from Tyler Bozak and rifled a shot past Winnipeg Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec with 4:08 left in a 3-2 win.

Kessel had 37 goals last season and had taken 42 shots in his first 10 games without getting the puck past a goalie.

I thought we were much better in the third, specifically the last 10 minutes of it, and we were fortunate to eke out a win," Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said of Thursday's game. "We've got to feel fortunate that our power play finally came through and our top goal scorer finally hit the back of the net."

Weber's first point of the season came on the Nashville Predators' third goal in a shutout win against the defending champion Los Angeles Kings.

The defenseman blasted a shot on Jonathan Quick on a power play and Colin Wilson put in the rebound.

Weber had 43 or more points the past four seasons and was a Norris Trophy runner-up the past two seasons. Coach Barry Trotz objected to any thought that Weber was struggling because he had entered the game without any points.

"He's played Norris Trophy-caliber and I don't care if gets any points. ... Shea cares about winning and we've been winning and that's the most important thing," Trotz said. "He plays every night against the top guys in the league."

Trotz noted that Weber didn't score a goal until his 10th game last season and ended up with 19.

"I'm not worried about him," he said. "He's a top defenseman, and there wouldn't be another defenseman in the league I would trade him for."